rat-p1p3-spec-uarch-policy

You can enforce phase gates for RTL design workflows by applying artifact gates, quality gates, and convergence criteria to ensure auditable progression across Research, Architecture, μArch, RTL, Verify, and Design Note phases.

Hierarchical compliance in a multi-phase RTL design pipeline ensures upper-phase decisions constrain lower phases, preventing feature deletions or scope reductions without upstream approvals. This maintains design integrity and traceability across the pipeline.

ADR traceability for architecture handoffs is established by enforcing documentation lifecycle rules and gate-driven workflows, requiring teams to generate Architecture Decision Records and phase summaries before advancing to the next design phase.

Yes, artifact gates are required to move from μArch to RTL design phases. The gate-driven workflow validates phase outputs, checks quality convergence criteria, and generates necessary handoff documentation before allowing downstream progression.

No, you cannot reduce design scope or delete features in lower phases without upstream approvals. Hierarchical compliance rules ensure upper-phase decisions formally constrain lower-phase modifications to maintain pipeline consistency.

A limitation of phase-gate policy for design convergence is that it strictly enforces sequential progression, meaning phase 2 cannot begin until phase 1 outputs are fully verified and all handoff requirements are satisfied.